WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 257 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...HOLIDAY WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN...
.A MESSY HOLIDAY IS SHAPING UP FOR A LARGE PART OF WISCONSIN AS AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MOVES NORTH TOWARD
THE STATE.  PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN...WILL AFFECT CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...
WHILE MAINLY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. SEVERAL INCHES
OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA WILL RECEIVE OVER A FOOT OF
SNOW...SO TRAVELING TO THE WEST WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE.
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MARATHON-WOOD-PORTAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT
257 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* PERIODS OF SNOW WILL START EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND COULD
MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
CHRISTMAS MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY CHRISTMAS
AFTERNOON...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS WEST OF HIGHWAY 51. SOME ICE
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
* ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND MAY
REMAIN SO INTO CHRISTMAS DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...ICE...OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 437 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
431 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
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VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
431 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY BRING SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS...AND
LOCALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...TO THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES
TODAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA DURING
THE PEAK HOLIDAY TRAVEL PERIOD. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND WORST
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE
AREA...WITH THE STORM STARTING TO WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES INTO CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN. HOWEVER...THE STORM WILL STILL LIKELY
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND
PARTS OF FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT. SOME RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MIXED WITH
THE SNOW AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS
COMBINATION OF PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.
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